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First Glimpses of Fort Wrangel and Wrangel Narrows
A Franklin era travelogue describes Fort Wrangel at the head of Wrangel Island, its ruins, totem poles, and native life. The writer notes the old Russian fort, US troops, Presbyterian mission, and the stark decline from a gold era trading port to a curio-driven economy. He details interior huts, totems, births, deaths, potlatches, and the social rules shaping clan symbols and marriage, alongside Christianizing efforts and the perilous Wrangel Narrows voyage aboard the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Stikine Strait
Etoline
Zarembo
Loeser Islands
Fort Wand
Wangel Island
Stikine River
Cassiar
British Columbia
Baron Wangel
America
Hudson Bay Company
Alaskan
Presbyterian Missions
Clarence Thwing
British Northwestern Territory
Wangel
Indiana
Metta
Altas
Alaska
Wolf
Juneau
Fort Wrangel
Thwing
Nere
Stikine
Seymour Narrows